Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier

75 reviews

bookishfaye's review

Dnf’d at 40%…. Yeah it’s a hard pass from me after reading an incredibly violent gang r*pe of a 14 year old girl while her brothers are forced to watch & the assaulters kill her dog. When will authors stop using violent SA of women as a plot device?? This added nothing to the plot whatsoever & I’m so incredibly angry about it as I was really enjoying this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

bookswithangeli's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture

Moderate: Animal death, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Incest

deathmetalpainter's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pennym_'s review

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

an incredible retelling. my only complaint is the large and unnecessary age gap between the main character and the love interest. if that hadn't been there it would have easily been 5 stars, perfection.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

leah24601's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

giantspider_42's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

chickaddie's review

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

nathandre's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence

jaelsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

thosemedalingkids's review

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Wish she wasn't only 16 by the end, but damn baby girl went through the ringer. British villain hero, our little Scottish heroine. So much plot and twists to her quest. So deliciously satisfying. Lots of TW though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Murder, and Sexual harassment